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1 " If I have learned anything, it is that intelligence and knowledge are worth little by themselves. Failing the enlightenment that goes beyond words and the world, they serve mainly to provide us with wonderful reasons for doing what we intend to do regardless. "
― Poul Anderson , The Boat of a Million Years
2 " What else is life but always bidding farewell? "
3 " Evolution is cut-and-try. "
4 " Your existence cannot be a mere stochastic accident. "
5 " Knowledge has a trick of paying off in unexpected ways. "
6 " To sit in judgment on what people do is a fool’s game. "
7 " Tiempo atrás los hombres buscaban la iluminación para escapar del espejismo del mundo. Hoy sostenían que sólo existía el espejismo. "
8 " He aprendido mucho en dos mil años, pero nada sobre ningún Dios, excepto que surgen, cambian, envejecen y mueren. Si hay algo más allá del universo, dudo que se interese por nosotros. "
9 " »Sí, hijo mío —rió con fatiga—. He conocido el cambio. He sentido que el tiempo corría como un río caudaloso, arrastrando en su torrente esperanzas naufragadas. "
10 " If there is one thing worse than the modern weakening of major morals it is the modern strengthening of minor morals, "
11 " se veut On s’enlace On s’en lasse On s’en veut. "
12 " But we must have something beyond survival to live for, or we shall not survive. "